Devices in Cardiac Critical Care

Devices in Cardiac Critical Care provides comprehensive coverage of cardiac devices for critical care settings, offering guidance on selection and use to ensure safe and effective patient diagnosis and treatment. It covers resuscitation, mechanical circulatory, valvular, arrythmia, fluid management, respiratory support, and remote monitoring devices, with chapters based on clinical cases and featuring figures and tables for quick review.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2024
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Cardiac devices are essential tools in critical care settings, where time is of the essence and confusion can be costly. Understanding how to choose and use these devices correctly is crucial for making effective clinical judgements. Devices in Cardiac Critical Care provides thorough coverage of all the devices you are likely to encounter, written in an engaging, conversational style. The book is divided into chapters based on genuine clinical cases and features a proposed approach for each case. In addition to the cases, each chapter covers indications, contraindications, mechanism of working, complications, troubleshooting, and includes figures and tables. Key points highlight important information for convenient, quick review. The book covers resuscitation devices (airway, hypothermia and CPR), mechanical circulatory devices (right and left heart support devices), valvular devices, arrythmia devices, fluid management/hemodynamic assessment devices (including renal devices), respiratory support devices, and remote monitoring devices (Tele CCU).

Weight: 309g
ISBN-13: 9781265209612